http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/never-obsolete-pic/ Humor for Techies and Geeks Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:14:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/never-obsolete-pic/comment-page-1/#comment-8607 D A V I D Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:38:52 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/?p=1406#comment-8607 Oh, I remember working on these! We'd set them up for customers and then smirk each time we read the sticker! Oh, I remember working on these! We’d set them up for customers and then smirk each time we read the sticker!

]]> http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/never-obsolete-pic/comment-page-1/#comment-8363 Michael The Dumb Tech Geek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:14:33 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/?p=1406#comment-8363 The label is actually espousing one of those upgrade programs some companies were doing. For $99 every 2 years, they'll swap out all the 'old' internal parts for new ones. So just before it reaches their definition of obsolete, the parts are replaced. I figured that's what it was when I saw such a brazen header on the sticker. Even with that system, they're awfully ballsy to make that claim. The label is actually espousing one of those upgrade programs some companies were doing. For $99 every 2 years, they’ll swap out all the ‘old’ internal parts for new ones. So just before it reaches their definition of obsolete, the parts are replaced.
I figured that’s what it was when I saw such a brazen header on the sticker. Even with that system, they’re awfully ballsy to make that claim.

]]> http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/never-obsolete-pic/comment-page-1/#comment-8362 Aaron Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:03:59 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/?p=1406#comment-8362 Why would anyone ever need more than 32MB of RAM??? :P Why would anyone ever need more than 32MB of RAM???

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